I can't speak for Alsace during this time period but when I was in Germany in the 1960s cities/towns had TWO mayors: one was the "mayor" and the other the Burgemeister." One was for social and public appearances (to represent the town) and the other did the day to day work of the mayor's office. Joan In a message dated 7/1/2011 3:53:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Sharon, The way I understand it, the Burgermeister was both a citizen and the mayor. I am sure that Etienne will correct me if I am mistaken!! :) Linda in Costa Rica

Interesting; thanks. Sharon A Waechter ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 1, 2011 1:28:42 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] Married Burgers? I can't speak for Alsace during this time period but when I was in Germany in the 1960s cities/towns had TWO mayors: one was the "mayor" and the other the Burgemeister." One was for social and public appearances (to represent the town) and the other did the day to day work of the mayor's office. Joan In a message dated 7/1/2011 3:53:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Sharon, The way I understand it, the Burgermeister was both a citizen and the mayor. I am sure that Etienne will correct me if I am mistaken!! :) Linda in Costa Rica -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message